Sanitary closet.



A. R. CLARK.

SANITARY CLOSET.

APPLIOATION FILED 111.11.25, 191s 1,096,490. Patented May 12, 1914.

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A. R. CLARK. SANITARY oLosET.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.. 25, 1913. 1,096,490. Patented May12,1914.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT R. CLARK, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

SANITARY CLOSET.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT R. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain` new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Closets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a less odorous and more sanitary closet for those situations which are not favored with sewer connections and a suitable supply of water for flushing purposes, and to this end my object is to immediately and permanently separate the solid and liquid ordure and to drain the liquids into a gravel filled sump. n

A further object is to provide a waterproof vault extending suiliciently above the ground to exclude surfacewater, and to provide suitable receptacles in .the vault foil the feces, adapted for convenient removal for emptying, and to be closed in an a1r- Atight manner during such removal. t

I accomplish the above and other objects, which will hereinafter appear, by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sect-ion of a closet embodying my invention, the section being on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section of the same on the line 2&9. of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the closet seat detached from its associated parts. Fig. l1 is a horizontal sectionon the line 1.--41 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section through the inner wall, just above the urinal. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of one of the receptacles to retain the feces, showing the same with the lid on. Fig. 7 a top view of said receptacle with the lid off. Fig. 8 is a vertical section on a larger scale of the receptacle lid and adjacent portions of the head, and Fig. 9 is a horizontal section of the eccentric device foilocking the lid on its receptacle.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

A vault of suitable size and shape is dug and is provided with concrete side walls 10 and floor 11 of water tight concrete. The four walls of the vault will extend a suit- Speccation of Letters Patent.

Application led March 25, 1913.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Serial No. 756,704.

able distance above the ground level to keep surface water from entering the vault, and the front wall will be oblique, as shown in Fig. Q, for the more convenient hoisting up said slope of the feces receptacles. A suitable house 12 is erected upon the Valls of the vault, as shown, and this is provided with a floor 13, resting loosely upon the top of the vault walls or upon the sills of the house, as convenience may dictate. This floor is adapted to swing upwardly about its rear edge in the direction shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to allow for the placing and removal of the feces receptacles. Formed at the middle, of the bottom of the `vault is a. sump 14; which is lled with gravel, and the floor of the vault is provided with `channels 15 draining into the sump.

Supported by and upon the floor 13 are the upwardly tapering sheet metal stoolwalls 14', oval in cross section, having front and rear pins 15 which enter holes in the floor to anchor the stool. Assembled within the stool 111 and riveted or otherwise secured to its inner upper end is a dowinvardly tapering chute 1G, oval in cross section, and considerably longer than the stool 14 to provide a projecting end which is inserted through a suitable hole cut for the purpose inthe floor 13. This projection is long enough to extend through a suitable opening formed in the top of a receptacle 17 and to enter the receptacle a su'flicient distance to prevent accidental removal. The rear wall of the chute 16 is vertical to prevent fouling by the passing feces, and the front part of the chute is provided with a verti cal partition 18 which defines a smaller conduit terminating a sullicent distance below the top of the stool to receive water in micturition. The upper end will be covered with a strainer to prevent the entrance of clogging matter. A seat 19 and lid 20 are secured to the top of the stool.

The receptacles 17 are made out of sheet metal and have cylindrical sides and outwai-dl y flanged upper and lower heads which are located inwardly of the cylinder ends a distance equal to the depth of the flange. llxtending from the upper to the lower head, near the middle of each receptacle, is a pipe Q1, the Valls of which have the numerous perforations 2Q for the drainage of all liqnids into it. The upper end of this pipe screws into a collar 23 riveted to the top head and its lower end extends through the lower head of the receptacle to permit the contents of the pipe to discharge through the receptacle upon the floor of the vault. The liquid thus discharged upon the floor is drained through the gutters into the sump. Secured to the pipe 2l, near the upper end of the receptacle, is a funnel or hopper 24S which drains into the pipe through suitable perforations. rlhis funnel is under the extended lower end of the conduit forming partition 1S. The lower end of the partition 18 is bent toward the pipe to discharge with more certainty into the funnel, in the manner shown in F ig. 2. The receptacles are each provided with Ventilating holes 25,

closed when the receptacles are out of the 1 vault, by a suitable lid or valve (not shown). A Ventilating pipe 26 extends from near the bottom of the vault, through the roof of the house, as shown.

lVhen it is desired to empty the receptacle, which will be only at long intervals.7 because of the separation and discharge ot all liquid matter from it, the floor 13 is raised and the receptacle grasped by its handles 27, and then hoisted up the oblique front wall of the vault. llVhen out, the hole in its upper end is closed by a cover 28, having a hook 29 to reach under the head through the hole to be closed, and having a rocking cani-latch 30 diametrically opposite the hook. rlhis cam-latch, when in the position shown in Fig. 8, will passthrough the hole, but when rotated a half-turn the cam will torce the cover to engage the hook, and a flange on the cam will engage under the head ot' the receptacle and lock the cover.

1While l have described my invention with more or less ininiiteness as regards details of construction and arrangement and as being embodied in certain precise forms, lf do not desire to be limited thereto unduly or any more than is pointed out in the claims. On the contrary, l contemplate all proper changes in form, construction and arrange nient, the emission of immaterial elements,

and the substitution of equivalents, as circumstances may suggest or necessity render expedient.

I claim:

l. The combination with a separating receptacle comprising a vessel having a top and a bottom, a vertical pipe within the receptacle extending through said'bottom, the

walls of the pipe being perforated, and a vault within which the receptacle is located, said vault having a floor which drains k a chute passing through a hole in the receptacle top and terminating within the receptacle.

2. rlhe combination with a separating receptacle comprising a vessel having a top and bottom, a vertical pipe within the vessel extending through said bottom, the walls of the pipe being perforated, and a funnel discharging into the pipe, of a separating stool supported above the receptacle, and

comprising a chiite terminating within the receptacle and a smaller conduit within said chiite discharging into the funnel in said receptacle..

3. The combination ,with a separa-ting receptacle comprising a vessel having a top and a bottom, the bottom being raised above the lower end of the vessel, a vertical pipe within the receptacle extending through said bottom, the walls of the pipe being perfograted, and a. vault within which the receptacle is located, said vault having a lioor `-which drains into a sump hole at one side of the vessel, and channels in the floor under the vessel discharging into said sump hole.

In witness whereof, lV have hereunto set Imv hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana,

this 10th day of March, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

ALBERT n. CLARK;

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents, Washington, D. C. 

